“When you’re too old to use Twitter, you use it poorly” – Vince Staples, 22, American Rapper. Historically (well, for the past 11 years if we consider Facebook the trailblazer) social media has been a “young person’s game.” Following the launch of “Facemash” in October, 2003 – a website created by Mark Zuckerberg to allow…

Team VIVA! celebrated the end of year in style yesterday by indulging in decadent French cuisine at Sydney’s glamorous, award-winning Ananas. Located in an historic building in the heart of The Rocks, team VIVA! enjoyed a scrumptious, three-course meal accompanied by flowing pink Moët & Chandon® , Secret Santa and other surprises.Throughout the afternoon, we…

Everyone loves a good cuppa, whether first thing in the morning, at noon or with supper.  However, new research reveals that if you have a preference for scaldingly hot tea, you’re putting yourself at risk of oesophageal cancer. So how hot is hot? The new research was conducted in North Iran, a region that worships…

The recent TGA decision to defer the rescheduling of codeine-containing OTC medications conflicts with rising codeine analgesics misuse, its devastating consequences and the recognition that opioid misuse is a public health concern. Further, the TGA’s own acknowledgement of low dose codeine efficacy, genetic variances in codeine metabolism and established misuse side-effects from combination OTC products, gives little…